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Looking for a Silver Lining
Greetings Friends of Gwinnett SToPP. For those passionate about public education, it is true that the stakes have never been higher. On national, state and local levels the quality of education and safety of our children in public schools is uncertain. School police forces are emboldened to treat our children like adult criminals at the…
What Do You Want For Your Kids? Sign the Petition!
We aren’t asking to hobble administrators and leave teachers unable to manage their classrooms. We aren’t looking for anarchy. We are asking administrators and parents to remember that students are children. We are asking for a sensible vision that teaches children how to relate to each other with empathy. Data suggests and we know in our…
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Gwinnett SToPP Mobilizes to Remove SROs from Gwinnett County Public Schools
Partners, stakeholders and friends, it is time to pay attention and get involved. The change we have been working for is here and we have work to do to make sure we capture it. This evening Marlyn Tillman will speak before the Gwinnett County School Board to demand an end to school resource officers in…
Parent Leadership Institute Announces 2015 Graduates!
Congratulations to the graduates of this year’s Parent Leadership Institute. Over the course of six months the participants met with national policy makers, legal experts, educational experts and data analysts to get a complete picture of national educational trends and what they mean on a local level. Each participant has been involved in the…
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Meet Amina
Meet Amina B, one of our summer interns. Amina is a Junior Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies major at Georgia State, driven to create systemic and communal changes from an intersectional approach. She began her journey in high school where she attended Meadowcreek High School and was made aware of the various challenges students face…
Gwinnett SToPP Joins the Education Civil Rights Alliance
In the face of increasing threats to student civil rights throughout the nation, Gwinnett SToPP has joined with more than two dozen leading education and civil rights groups to launch the Education Civil Rights Alliance (ECR Alliance). Schools should serve, educate, empower and be safe for all students, yet all across America today, far too…